U-T San Diego super sleuth Kirk Douglas Kenney has been on the Tiger beat this week, awaking at predawn to shadow Woods at the Farmers Open.

On Wednesday, starting at 6:40 a.m., Kenney tailed Woods’ pro-am fivesome. At the picturesque North Course par three No. 6, the tee box high on a hill, the Pacific Ocean and La Jolla coast line as a backdrop, amateur John Wuo landed pin high, 16 feet left.

Actually, I don’t give a rip how Tiger does. The man’s personality is so ice cold to outsiders, that I’m ambivalent about him. Don’t care if he’s rockin’ a red shirt and pumping that right fist Sunday or if he’s packing his bags come Friday …

TJI’s all-time favorite golf book: “Dead Solid Perfect” by Dan Jenkins. Have read at least three times and still bust out laughing at scenes …

Short takes

USD sharp-shooter Johnny Dee on his head coach’s thoughts when he launches three-point attempts far beyond the arc: “Coach (Bill) Grier tells me its not four (points) out there.” …

Who would have thought after five conference games, USD’s record would be better than San Diego State’s? …

Check back Feb. 9 and see if that’s still the case. Here’s USD’s brutal eight-day, four-game stretch beginning Feb. 2: Gonzaga, at Loyola Marymount, BYU and St. Mary’s …

The Stephen Strasburg 5K with Tony Gwynn takes place Saturday. The run starts at 8:25 a.m., the walk five minutes later. Proceeds benefit the Aztecs’ baseball program …

Strasburg and Gwynn will be in attendance. The first 500 people to register received signed Gwynn and Strasburg cards. Those are gone. For more info, log onto strasburg5K.com.

And finally

USD 5-7 point guard Christopher Anderson changed his number this year from 0 to 00. “I’ve always wanted to be something different,” he said. “It kind of stands out. My high school coach said, ‘Now you’re like a double agent.’” …

Longtime Union-Tribune Chargers and NFL writer Jerry Magee likes Baltimore +4 over the Niners. “Joe Flacco clearly outplayed Peyton Manning and Tom Brady the last two weeks,” said Magee. “Christ, you can’t do much better than that.” …

Guests on Saturday’s U-T TV Prep Sports will include Hoover High football-basketball star Damonte Holiday and Patrick Henry distance runner Jorge Matt-Navarro. The one-hour show starts at 11 a.m. and is televised by Cox Ch. 114, AT&T U-Verse Ch. 17 and at UTTV.com.